As we’ve mentioned in a previous article, 2021 saw smaller UK energy suppliers cease trading and exit the market at an unprecedented rate.

So far we have seen how customer demands are driving invention and innovation within the utilities industry.

A popular online brokerage prided itself on building a customer experience that made trading stocks as easy as swiping right or left to purchase a book online.

More consumers can now choose to charge an electric car at home, generate their own electricity from solar panels, track their energy usage with a smart meter and turn their washing machine on wirelessly when their energy is at its cheapest.

‘Innovation’ has become a loaded word, one that can send a shiver down the spine of even the most forward-thinking CEO.

A few years ago, a breach that impacted several million people would have been big news. In 2019 roughly 3.5 billion people saw their personal data stolen in the top two security breaches of that year alone.

Cyber security has an air of mystery to it. Something hidden in the shadows and only able to be understood by technologists and spies.

The Covid-19 pandemic has accelerated the need for cyber security but also changed the very nature of the beast.

"Can we uninstall 2020? The current version has a nasty virus in it,” says the meme flying around social media for the past few months. There are, however, glimmers of light that can be found around the world which have arisen out of the pandemic.

If you search the Internet for the first example of hacking, you’ll come across the name of Nevil Maskelyne. He was an Edwardian magician, inventor and businessman.